Portishead irked after The Weeknd samples Machine Gun ‘without permission’ on new track

The Weeknd’s Belong To The World video gets a turquoise hue (Picture: MTV)

The Weeknd has unveiled the music video for Belong To The World, the latest track from his upcoming album Kiss Land, but it has left Portishead member Geoff Barrow frustrated due to the unsanctioned sampling of their track Machine Gun.

The track features Portishead’s bullet-ridden beat very heavily, opening with a chopped up version of it that The Weeknd then winds his sensual vocals around.

Pending any escalation of the disagreement with the Bristol-based band, Belong To The World will likely feature on his upcoming album Kiss Land, the follow-up to critically-acclaimed mixtape collection Trilogy.

Until it pops up on YouTube, the music video for the track can be viewed at MTV in the UK here and in the US here.